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This policy portal provides a public interest perspective on the issues at stake and ongoing legislative debates in the field of financial regulation.

As major rules for financial institutions are set at the EU rather than national level, EU legislators play the key role. Adequate rules are of crucial importance, as the size, complexity and influence of the financial system have reached unprecedented levels. Challenges like digitalisation or accelerating climate change need to be addressed too. There is a long way to go to make finance truly serve the economy and society.

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11 PUBLICATIONS

Report

25/04/2024

Retail & Inclusion

Report: Breaking down barriers to basic payment accounts in the EU

Finance Watch releases a new study identifying the barriers to basic payment accounts for vulnerable consumers in Germany, Spain and Romania, and calls on EU policymakers to update the EU Payment Accounts...

Report

08/04/2021

Retail & Inclusion

A Wrinkle in the Process: Financial Inclusion Barriers in an Ageing Europe – Report

A groundbreaking look at vulnerability among older people in the European Union and the barriers they face that limit their access to basic, mainstream-market financial services and products appropriate to their needs...

Report

07/07/2020

Retail & Inclusion

Report “Basic Financial Services”

Finance Watch released a report which identifies a shortlist of basic financial products and services that should be made available to all European citizens to help combat financial and social exclusion.

Consultation response

11/03/2020

Retail & Inclusion

Feedback on the Roadmap for a Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Action Plan

Report

02/03/2020

Retail & Inclusion

Financial Exclusion: Making the invisible visible

Brussels, 3 March 2020 – Finance Watch released a report on the increasing range of people in the EU encountering difficulties in accessing financial services. Financialisation and technological developments are part of...

Policy brief

08/04/2019

Retail & Inclusion

Towards inclusive, safe and sustainable financial services for consumers

On 8 April 2019, Finance Watch published its blueprint on retail financial services with an assessment of the current market failures and key priorities for the next European Commission.

Position paper

01/09/2013

Retail & Inclusion

Social innovation and mutual learning on micro-saving in Europe. Country report – France

Impact assessment report on the programme implemented in France Country report [This page was originally published on www.fininc.eu. To learn more about the transfer of EFIN’s activities to Finance Watch, read our press...

Position paper

26/07/2013

Retail & Inclusion

Social innovation and mutual learning on micro-saving in Europe – Global assessment report

[This page was originally published on www.fininc.eu. To learn more about the transfer of EFIN’s activities to Finance Watch, read our press release].

Position paper

01/05/2013

Retail & Inclusion

Financial inclusion and new means of payment

Qualitative review in five European countries – May 2013: Study commissioned by EUFFI, the European Foundation for Financial Inclusion.

Position paper

26/07/2012

Retail & Inclusion

Social Innovation & Mutual learning on Micro-savings in Europe: synthesis.

[This page was originally published on www.fininc.eu. To learn more about the transfer of EFIN’s activities to Finance Watch, read our press release]

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